BY Our Correspondent
HOTPEN – Motorists plying Lokoja -Ajaokuta Road, which connects part of the eastern side of the state were stranded at Ganaja-Lokoja Road on Monday as water from River Niger/Benue flooded the road and made it impassable.
HOTPEN gathered on Monday that three articulated vehicles that made an effort to cross got stuck on the highway, making others park on the road and resulting in a long queue of vehicles parked by the roadside.
Malam Idris Usman, a motorist who claimed to be plying Ayangba -Lokoja every day, said he had to release his passengers at the Ganaja-Lokoja village and drove back.
It was reported that drivers going to the East from the North had to go through Okene -Adogo via Ajaokuta-Itobe Highway to proceed with their trips.
Many passengers boarded canoes to pass through the flooded part of the highway to the other flank of Lokoja to proceed with their journey.
Also, many houses at Gadumo, Adankolo, Kpata and Marines quarters in Lokoja as well as churches, mosques and business centres were submerged by flood.
NAN